Learning basic JavaScript syntax

[jeff]

@Booli Check out my recommended subset of the Codecademy course on JavaScript:

Mapping twin circle OR setting start/end points of LED string

Hey! Yes, the code goes in each pattern. Honestly, if you wrote some Python, Pixelblaze is MUCH easier. It’s hard to know where you’re at to suggest stuff, but if you’re starting from scratch, I think Codecademy’s Intro to JavaScript might set you on a decent path, as long as you know what you can ignore (and you can ignore a lot). You can ignore everything around: Data types, including strings (there’s only numbers in Pixelblaze variables) Objects (these are usually identified by a comma …

One other thing: I ended up learning a bit when I set off to create the unit test suite, which aims to use every language feature once. Looking through it, you’d at least have one point of reference for how every language feature is expected to be used.